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Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955 in Dublin, Ireland), is an Irish actor. He lives in Malahide, Co. Dublin.

Early life and education

Graduating from University College Dublin he worked for several years as a secondary school teacher in Belcamp College, in North County Dublin. He had been a teacher before becoming an actor. He and his wife, Mary, have been married since 1982 and have four sons, Domhnall, Fergus, Brían and Rory. Brendan is also a very talented fiddle player. He is good friends with fellow Irish actors Liam Neeson and Stephen Rea.

Career

He started acting at age 34 and has acted in more than 30 films including Braveheart, Michael Collins, Cold Mountain, 28 Days Later, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, and The Village. He frequently appears in the role of mentor or authority figure; he played Hogwarts professor Mad-Eye Moody in the fourth Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and will reprise the role in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Gleeson won critical acclaim for playing Irish gangster Martin Cahill in John Boorman's The General in 1998. Rumours have it that he will soon be taking on the role of Winston Churchill in a new TV series involving Gladiator director Ridley Scott.

Selected filmography

* Beowulf (2007)
* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Mad-Eye Moody
* The Tiger's Tail (2006)
* Black Irish (2006) - Desmond
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Mad-Eye Moody
* Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Reynald
* The Village (2004) - August Nicholson
* Troy (2004) - Menelaus
* Cold Mountain (2003) - Stobrod Thewes
* Dark Blue (2002) - Jack Van Meter
* Gangs of New York (2002) - Walter 'Monk' McGinn
* 28 Days Later (2002) - Frank
* Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - Lord Johnson-Johnson
* The Tailor of Panama (2001) - Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas
* Mission Impossible II (2000) - John C. McCloy
* Harrison's Flowers (2000) - Marc Stevenson
* Lake Placid (1999) - Sheriff Hank Keough
* This Is My Father (1998) - Garda Jim
* The General (1998) - Martin Cahill
* I Went Down (1997) - Bunny Kelly
* Michael Collins (1996) - Liam Tobin
* Braveheart (1995) - Hamish Campbell
* Into the West (1992) - Inspector Bolger
* Far and Away (1992) - Social Club Policeman
* The Field (1990) - Quarryman
* The Treaty (1990) - Michael Collins

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